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SPANS: Photographs from the Esther McCoy Papers at the Archives of American ArtMarch 9, 2011 - June 5, 2011 See the first in a series of artist interpretations of materials at the Archives, featuring artist Terence Gower's innovative site-specific exhibition and installation project. |
Archives of American Art |
Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American IndianMarch 5, 2011 - July 19, 2012 Dolls from Native cultures throughout the Western Hemisphere are on view. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of XiangtangshanFebruary 26, 2011 - July 31, 2011 Majestic 6th-century Chinese Buddhist sculpture is combined with 21st-century 3D-imaging technology in this exploration of one of the most important groups of Buddhist devotional sites in early medieval China. |
Sackler Gallery |
Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977February 24, 2011 - May 15, 2011 This exhibition is the first survey of artworks in the United States by postwar German painter Blinky Palermo. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels February 18, 2011 - July 4, 2011 This exhibition explores the historical significance of Van Cleef & Arpels's contributions to jewelry design in the 20th century. |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
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Quicktake: Tangible Earth February 18, 2011 - March 18, 2011 Tangible Earth, the world's first interactive digital globe, shows dynamic changes in the world using interactive technology. |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
Seasons: Arts of JapanFebruary 5, 2011 - February 12, 2012 This exhibition shows how seasonal associations permeate Japanese art and culture. |
Freer Gallery |
Seasons: TeaFebruary 5, 2011 - June 24, 2012 Examples of tea utensils that embody seasonal changes are on view. |
Freer Gallery |
Close to Home: Photographers and Their FamiliesFebruary 4, 2011 - July 24, 2011 This exhibition presents 32 color and black-and-white photographs from the museum's permanent collection made during the past three decades by nine established and emerging artists: Tina Barney, Virginia Beahan, Christopher Dawson, Muriel Hasbun, Martina Lopez, Elaine O'Neil, Larry Sultan, Margaret Strickland, and Carrie Will. |
American Art Museum |
Artists in Dialogue 2: Sandile Zulu and Henrique OliveiraFebruary 2, 2011 - January 8, 2012 Two artists create site-specific works in response to each other's style and artworks. |
African Art Museum |
Orchids -- A View from the EastJanuary 29, 2011 - April 24, 2011 This year's orchid exhibition showcases a variety of exotic live orchids that testify to the Chinese love for this enchanting plant. |
Natural History Museum |
GRABJanuary 29, 2011 - July 31, 2011 Photographs document the Laguna Pueblo tradition of Grab Day, a community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
The Orchid in Chinese PaintingJanuary 15, 2011 - July 17, 2011 The orchid -- a symbol of friendship, loyalty, and patriotism -- is the focus of the 20 Chinese paintings on view. |
Sackler Gallery |
R.C. Gorman: Early Prints and Drawings, 1966-1974January 13, 2011 - May 1, 2011 See 28 early drawings and lithographs by Navajo artist R.C. Gorman (1931-2005) that foreshadow the monumental women and Indian madonnas that brought the artist international acclaim. |
American Indian Museum |
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Portraits of John F. Kennedy early January 2011 - January 8, 2012 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's presidential inauguration, the museum displays five portraits of Kennedy. |
Portrait Gallery |
The Kennedys 50 Years AgoJanuary 3, 2011 - April 10, 2011 On view are nine photographs of the Kennedys taken by Richard Avedon for Harpers Bazaar. |
American History Museum |
Seasons: Japanese ScreensDecember 24, 2010 - January 22, 2012 Features a selection of Japanese screens from the nearly 200 screens held by the Freer Gallery. |
Freer Gallery |
Seasons: Chinese LandscapesDecember 18, 2010 - June 12, 2011 The moods evoked in seasonal Chinese landscapes are explored. |
Freer Gallery |
A Gateway to the 19th Century: The William Steinway Diary, 1861--1896December 17, 2010 - April 8, 2011 Steinway's diary -- with the first entry beginning just eight days after the first shots of the Civil War were fired -- spans 36 years of one of the most dynamic periods in American history. |
American History Museum |
Portrait of Stephen ColbertDecember 16, 2010 - August 2011 The portrait of Stephen Colbert (b. 1964, Washington, D.C.), the mock pundit from the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, is back on view. |
American History Museum |